READ THE BIBLE WITH US THIS YEAR
 
For the week of September 15-21, 2025
 
                               Old Testament Reading                    New Testament Reading                                  
 
Mon.                                      Proverbs 28-29                             2 Corinthians  7
Tue.                                         Proverbs  30-31                             2 Corinthians  8
Wed.                                      Ecclesiastes 1-3                           2 Corinthians  9
Thur.                                      Ecclesiastes 4-6                         2 Corinthians 10
Fri.                                            Ecclesiastes 7-9                         2 Corinthians  11:1-15
Sat.                                          Ecclesiastes 10-12                     2 Corinthians  11:16-33
Sun.                                         Song of Solomon 1-3               2 Corinthians  12
 
 MEMORY VERSES:       1 Corinthians 13:1-3
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
 
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
 
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
 
THOUGHT TO REMEMBER  
 
Agape (Love) validates everything that we do! Let us minister to one another out of deep love and concern about their welfare.
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Something to Think About
 
UNMATCHED AFFECTION         Craig A. Cooper
 
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.                                                                                                                                                 Galatians 2:20-21

God’s love for you and me does not fluctuate based on our own achievements or accolades. It rests on us in Christ. Christ died for our sins, “the righteous for the unrighteous,” to bring us to God (1 Peter 3:18).
 
So believers can now say that they have been crucified with Christ. The Son of God suffered in our place. He was condemned that we might be forgiven.
Because of this, we can confidently say that we are loved by God. Go ahead and say this out loud: He “loved me and gave himself for me” (Gal. 2:20).
 
Hear the significance of these immeasurably powerful words of Christ’s personal affection for you. Jesus said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). What more does Jesus need to do to show you that He loves you?
 
He has already done it all! There is no greater love He can express toward you than what He has already done in laying down His life for you, and He calls you friend (John 15:15). Yes, the Lord knows you are a sinner. The good news is that Jesus is a “friend of sinners” (see Matt. 11:19). He laid down His life for His friends who had fallen short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23-25). This is amazing love, unmatched affection!

Christ sacrificed His perfect life to secure our eternal life. Jesus’ love is everlasting, eternal, unceasing, unchanging, steadfast, and unrelenting (Jer. 31:3), and it has nothing to do with your own performance, your own good works, or your own achievements. It has everything to do with His own great love, wholly and completely unmerited, un-earned, and unalterable, laid down for you.

Take heart, dear friend-Jesus loves you. Rest in His great love. And if you don’t yet know this love, do not rest until you can assuredly say, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”
 
When Christ is your life, all of time is in your favor, even to eternity. Why would we not surrender in wonder to so great a love?
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From the Pastor’s heart;
 
Don’t forget to use this time to reach out to others. Spend some time each day calling members on the telephone and offering to pray with them.
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Pastors Requests
Remember II Chronicles 7:14. “If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sins and heal their land.”
 
While we wait on God’s healing grace, let us fast and pray for His visitation. Pray for God to intervene and bring an end to this virus that we are facing. Pray for God to calm our spirits and help us to trust Him.
 
Pray for the lost to be saved. Pray for the unrighteous to turn to God. Pray for God to be glorified in the crisis we are going through. Pray in faith; pray with the confidence that God will hear and answer our prayers.